Comic Title: Detective Comics #147
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1949
Approx. On Sale Date: March 23, 1949 Copyright Date March 21, 1949
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1949
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Fight of the Century"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Boy Commandos (of Earth-2)

Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: George Klein

Feature Character(s)

• Boy Commandos (last appearance in Detective Comics #146; next appearance in Boy Commandos #33)
• Andre Chavard (last appearance in Boy Commandos #33; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #40)
• Tex (last appearance in Boy Commandos #33; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #40)
• Brooklyn (last appearance in Boy Commandos #33; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #40)

Supporting Character(s)

• Rip Carter (last appearance in Boy Commandos #33; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #40)

Villain(s)

• Emory "Shadow" Barlowe (first name also given as Emery; a smuggler; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Jeffrey "Collector" Reems and his men (Frankie and Squirmy named; mobsters; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A boxer and his manager (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Rip Carter agrees to participate in an exhibition boxing match. Underworld czar Jeffrey Rheems wants Carter to throw the fight. When Rip refuses Rheems hires Shadow Barlowe, an assassin with a grudge against Carter, to kill him.

Barlowe hides in the stadium rafters with a rifle. When Rip appears to be winning the fight, Barlowe lines up a shot. However, a moth distracts him. The moth reminds him of a butterfly which tormented him while he was once trapped in the jungle. Barlowe begins shooting wildly and eventually falls to his demise.